Information Appraiser

**Details**:
**Reference number**:

- 337976**Salary**:

- £27,470 - £28,606- For details of our pay on appointment policy, please see below under the heading ‘Salary’.- A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%**Job grade**:

- Executive Officer**Contract type**:

- Fixed term**Length of employment**:

- March 2025**Business area**:

- DEFRA - S&A - Science & Analysis**Type of role**:

- Knowledge and Information Management**Working pattern**:

- Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time**Number of jobs available**:

- 4Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
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Location
- AlnwickAbout the job

**Job summary**:
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) is the UK government department responsible for safeguarding our natural environment, supporting our world-leading food and farming industry, and sustaining a thriving rural economy. Our broad remit means we play a major role in people's day-to-day life, from the food we eat, and the air we breathe, to the water we drink.

The role will be based in Defra’s central and multidisciplinary team, the Analysis and Insight Directorate (AID). AID has a key, strategic role to play in leading on cross cutting issues and ensuring that high quality analysis is driving Defra’s strategy, policy and ways of delivering.

The team delivers value in numerous key ways:
Promotes and assures analytical quality across Defra policy areas -supporting the Chief Analyst to ensure the department has robust social science evidence bases and businesses cases, and challenges and supports the Department to promote VFM and accountability.

Leads, co-ordinates and contributes to high quality, impactful analysis to support Defra’s strategies, ministerial priorities and cross cutting areas; including representing Defra analytical thinking on cross cutting issues in cross-Whitehall forums and with OGDs.

Leads on Defra’s Economic Growth Strategy.

Provides specialist analytical expertise to support teams across Defra and represent Defra on cross government expert forum (including for example behavioural insights, evaluation and operational research); and

Develops and improves capability in both the Analytical and Policy profession including providing learning and development, running professional communities, and budgetary management of professions budgets.

**Encouraging diverse applicants**

This Role will be office based only due to the nature of the role.

**Job description**:
The Information Appraisal team within Defra’s Information Management team is looking for an Information Appraiser to join their team based in Alnwick office.

As a central government department Defra is statutorily required by the Public Records Act to have in place a systematic approach to managing its records, and for identifying and transferring historical public records to The National Archives (TNA) for permanent preservation in line with the 20 Year Rule.

**Person specification**:
**Responsibilities**

Actively contribute to the delivery of the annual appraisal programme by:

- Conducting detailed research, interrogation of file lists and some physical file examination
- Redacting and declassifying sensitive information
- Cataloguing information selected for transfer to TNA

**Skills and Experience**
- The ability to make sound professional decisions based on research and the understanding of information-related legislation
- Analytical skills demonstrating an eye for detail
- Experience of records handling or management

**Behaviours**:
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

- Making Effective Decisions
- Managing a Quality Service
- Working Together

**Technical skills**:
We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

- Knowledge and Information Management

**Benefits**:

- Alongside your salary of £27,470, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs contributes £7,416 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.A career in the Civil Service is like no other. If you’re looking to join a world class team and develop your career with us, then the Civil Service is the place for you You might be wondering, “what’s in it for me”? Take a look below at some of the benefits available to you as a civil servant in Defra.

**Science and Analysis Directorate Benefits**:
**Learning and Development**

Everyone in Defra is supported to develop their skills and capabilities. When you join the Directorate, you will be welcomed into your new team through an induction programme that will provide you with helpful information on the civil service, Defra, our work and our policies. Your line manager will also work with you to establish your priorities for the year, developing a performance, learning and development plan tailored to you and your role, whil